Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) bill on January 15, 2022 in London, UK. © 2022 Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images UK lawmakers are set to vote on January 14 on a proposed amendment to the Public Order Act 2023 […]
Click to expand Image Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief senators at the US Capitol, Washington DC, January 7, 2026. © 2026 Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Photo New reporting that US forces used an aircraft painted to appear civilian for a lethal strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea on September 2, 2025—killing 11 […]
Responding to a new report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on accountability for conflict-related sexual violence committed in the context of Sri Lanka’s internal armed conflict, Smriti Singh, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director, said: “This important report builds on findings by previous UN investigations and highlights conflict-related sexual violence […]
Responding to prosecutors seeking the death penalty for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law in December 2024, Amnesty International’s Chiara Sangiorgio said: “No one is above the law, including a former president, but seeking the death penalty is a step backward. The death penalty is an inherently cruel, […]
Click to expand Image Al-Safat Square, a location where public executions used to take place, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 18, 2022. © 2022 Johannes Sadek/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images (Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, setting a new record in the country for the highest number of executions in one […]
Click to expand Image Zaida Catalán and Michael Sharp. © Instagram/Zaida Catalán; John Sharp In March 2017, grainy video footage revealed that armed men walked Zaida Catalán, a 36-year-old Swede, and Michael Sharp, a 34-year-old American, through a savanna, sat them down and shot them. The brutal murders of the two United Nations investigators—and the disappearance […]
Click to expand Image Climate activists hold signs during a press conference with House Democrats on COP30 and climate issues outside the US Capitol November 13, 2025. © 2025 Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images The Trump administration this week announced its intention to withdraw the United States from over 60 international organizations, conventions, and treaties, including […]
Click to expand Image An activist holds a computer keyboard and makeshift handcuffs in downtown Beirut on July 24, 2018, during a protest against a recent wave of prosecutions for peaceful speech. © 2018 ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Lebanon’s government should hold to account officials responsible for the January 2025 unlawful extradition […]
Click to expand Image Sudanese refugee children from Darfur fly a handmade kite inside the Touloum refugee camp in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 30, 2025. © 2025 Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Murder, rape, torture, slavery: children are targeted for these and other crimes against humanity that occur in widespread or systematic attacks on civilian […]
Click to expand Image A patient receives a reduced supply of medication for HIV treatment, following the cut of USAID funds for treatment programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, July 31, 2025. © 2025 Arlette Bashizi/For The Washington Post via Getty Images Conflict-related sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated, while […]
